Inexpensive Ways to Deal With the End of a Relationship

It happens to all of us. A valued relationship ends. It may be a friendship, a marriage, or a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. Maybe the relationship ends through death, or divorce, or a messy break-up. Maybe it ends more gradually and one day you wake up and realize you just have nothing in common anymore. Maybe one of you moves away and you lose contact. However it ends, the ending of a treasured relationship can be painful.

Sometimes the pain drives people to spend tons of money. In an effort to avoid the pain and take their minds off their problems, the grieving head to the mall and buy stuff they don’t need. Some people bury their problems in restaurant meals and take out. Others